SUCCESSIVE
Suc*ces"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. successif. See Succeed.]
1. Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer. Send the successive ills through ages down. Prior.
2. Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire. [Obs.] Shak. Successive induction. (Math.) See Induction, 5.
SUCCESSIVELY
Suc*ces"sive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a successive manner. The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet. Sir I. Newton.
SUCCESSIVENESS
Suc*ces"sive*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being successive.
SUCCESSLESS
Suc*cess"less, a.
Defn: Having no success.
Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope.
— Suc*cess"less*ly, adv.
— Suc*cess"less*ness, n.
SUCCESSOR Suc*ces"sor, n. Etym: [OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See Succeed.]